Dumping-wagon



(No Model.)

W. P. SUMNER.

DUMPING WAGON. l

wantedV Mar. 3, 1885.

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VILLIAM I). SUMNER, OF MUORESVILLE, INDIANA.

comerme-Witsen SPEGIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,125, dated :March 3, `1885.

Application filed October 2S, 1884. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. SUMNER, of the town of Mooresville, county of Morgan, and State of Indiana, haveI invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping- Bottoms for WagouBodies, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is to provide a wagonbox or gravel-bed7 for use in hauling gravel, sand, dto., from which the load can be easily and quickly dumped without the usual labor of shoveling or lilting, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure l is a central longitudinal section of a wagon having a box embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, an under side plan of said box, and Fig. 3 a detail side elevation, showing the journals of the pivoted dumpingsections.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the running-gear of the wagon; B, the sides and ends of the box; G, stationary sections of the bottom of said box; U, hinged sections of the same; D, bars through which said hinged sections are operated; E, connecting-rods connecting said operatingbars to the operating rock-shaft; F, said rock-shaft; F', a lever by which it is operated, and G a segmental bar on which said lever operates and by which it is held in position The running-gear A is or may be of any appropriate construction, and needs no special description. The sides and walls B of the box are of the appropriate height to make the box of the reA quired capacity. In the construction shown the sides are provided with a series of bearings, b, which receive the journals formed on the upper corners of the hinged sections of the bottom, and thus form the hinges, as will be presently more fully described. The sides and ends are secured together in any appropriate manner, and a platform or foot-rest, B', may be formed on the front end, as shown. The sections C of the bottom are rigidly secured transversely thereof, and are arranged with their surfaces inclined, as shown. The sections C have journals c formed on their upper corners, and. are journaled thereon in the bearings I) in the sides B. The top edge of each section C comes up against the under side of one of the sections C, flush with its top edge, thus forming a close joint, whichis covered by a strip of sheet or other metal, c', which is secured to the top edge of said section C and extends down over said joint. The upper corners of the sections G are rounded, as shown, in order to permit said sections to freely swing on their journals. On. the lower edges of said hinged sections they are provided with ears C2, said ears being in the form of a half-hinge, which connects with the operating-bars D. The incline of the stationary sections C is preferably steeper than that of the pivoted sections G', thus permitting nearly as steep an incline to the fixed sections as to the hinged sections when open, thereby discharging th e gravel with substantially equal rapidity from both sides of the ridge formed by the two sections. Lugs c" are preferably secured to the under side of the hinged sections, projecting far enough, so that when the hinged section is opened said lugs will bump against the fixed sections and jar off whatever of the load that may adhere to them. As will be readily understood, these lugs or bumpers77 work equally well when secured to the fixed sections as t0 the hinged sections, as shown. The operating-bars D extend the length of the box, and are hinged to the ears Cl on each of the sections C' by the pins c2, which pass through said bar and both sides of the ears, between which the bar is placed. There are preferably two of these bars, as shown; but one or any number could be used, if desired. The connecting-rods Eare connected by a pivotconnection to the ends of the operating-bars D, and at their other ends by a similar connection to arms on the rock-shaft F. The rock-shaft F is journaled at its ends in bearings in the sides of the box, or in the sills of the box,if provided with sills, and two arms, f, secured thereto, preferably on its front side, which-extend downwardly therefrom. Said arms are provided with holes in their lower ends, with which the ends of the connecting rods E engage, as before stated. Said rockshaft is operatedpby a lever, F', which is of suficient length to extend up above the top of the box to where it can be conveniently ICO will all be quickly discharged.

operated from the seat. The segment G passes through a mortise in the lever F, or alongside said lever, and is secured at its top end to the front end of the box and at its other end to the platform B. It is provided with a series of holes,g, in which a pin, g, may be inserted in front of the lever F, and thus secure said lever in position. It also acts to steady and guide it in its movement up and down.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The parts being in the position shown by whole lines in Fig. l, and the box being loaded, it is unloaded `by simply pulling out the pin g and pushing the lever F forward, which rotates the rock-shaft, and through the connectingrods E and operating-bars D the hinged sections C are opened, as shown in dotted lines in same figure, and the load allowed to run out through the openings thus formed in the bottom, the steep pitch of both sets of sections insuring that the gravel or other substance In case of clogging, the lugs on the sections C. through the lever, &c., can be rapped smartly against the sections C, and the load thus jarred loose.

Having thus fully described my said invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A Wagon box the bottom of which is formed in ridges, and composed in part of hinged sections connected together by being pivoted to connecting or operating bars, and means for operating the same, substantially as set forth. A,

2. The combination, in a wagon-box, of the walls, a bottom formed in ridges, and composed in part of hinged sections, operatingbars connected to each of said sections by a pivot-connection, a rock-shaft for operating said bars, connected thereto by connectingrods, and means for operating said rock-shaft, substantially as set forth.

3. In a wagon-box for dumping gravel,.

sand, &c., the combination of the walls thereof, the bottom formed in sections arranged in ridges, one section of each ridge being hinged, and operating-bars connected to each of said hinged sections by a pivot-connection,whereby they may be operated simultaneously, substantially as set forth.

said operating-rods D tothe arms on said rockshaft F, the lever F for operating said rockshaft, and the segment G,provided with holes g, and a pin, g, whereby said lever is secured in position, substantially as set forth.

5. A bottom for Wagon-boxes, composed of alternate fixed and hinged sections arranged in ridges, one section of each Vridge being hinged, and said several hinged sections being pivotally connected to an operating bar or bars, whereby they are operated simultataneously, substantially as set forth.

6. A bottom for wagon-boxes, composed of sections arranged in ridges, one section of each ridge being hinged and the other fixed, and said fixed section being at a steeper -inoline than the other, whereby when the hinged section is open the load will dump with equal rapidity from each side, and means Vf or operating the same, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, ina bottom for Wagonboxes, of the fixed sections C, the hinged sec-v tions C, one of which is provided with a bumper, c3, on its under side, and an operating-bar connecting said hinged sections with means for operating the same, substantially as set forth.

8. A wagon box thebottom of which is composed of alternate hinged and xed. sections, the hinged sections of which are connected together by pivot connection, and means for operating the same, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 24th day of October, A. D. 1884.

WILLIAM P. SUMNER. [L s] In presence of-l E. WV. BRADFORD, G. BRADFORD. 

